Wong v. New York State Board of Elections

The basic question posed in this proceeding is whether those standards of campaign conduct and financing required generally of candidates for public office should be imposed upon candidates for community school boards. So phrased, the question largely answers itself.

School board members are public officers, bound to those standards regulating their conduct while in office required of other public officers (Komyathy v Board of Educ., 75 Misc 2d 859). They are considered elective officers for the purpose of determining the appropriate terms of office and filling of vacancies (Matter of Roher v…